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Young bull rider Boston Leather clinches his first PBR event victory at Cooyar Show, leading the standings after a stellar performance. Read more about his triumph.
A new Breakfast host has arrived in outback Queensland to join Shannon 'Pinky' Neven. This week, Anthony Stefanos joined Shannon 'Pinky' Neven for Central
A Rockhampton man’s breakfast was interrupted this morning with the revelation he’s now $100,000 richer from the latest Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw.
This week The Observer was told of a homeless man who was living in the toilet of a 24 hour laundromat in the region. The lowest vacancy rate in decades in the Rockhampton region of below 2 per cent has contributed to escalating rents in the beef capital, local real estate agents say. The extremely low vacancy rate in both Gladstone and Rockhampton is predicted to have dire consequences, forcing a significant increase in homeless people across CQ. In December it was predicted 55.2 per cent of Central Queenslander’s would face housing stress post COVID, the highest figure in the nation. The...
Premium Content Subscriber only A $4.5 million upgrade of the Callide Power Station is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility for Central Queenslanders in times of peak electricity demand. The first major modification in CS Energy's plant flexibility program, the project saw the installation of new air atomised igniters on Unit B1 at Callide Power Station. CS Energy executive general manager Asset Management Colin Duck said there was an increasing need for coal-fired power stations to operate with greater flexibility in response to the intermittency of renewables. "Over the ...